from my XP from several years of capturing game's and streaming ontop of a few other things

Hauppauge is the way to go the only other one i would recommend is Black magic

idk about something named the cat lol never used it and the first time i have heard of it .

after reading up on it i have notice alot of reviews about over overheating and major lag when recording .... im only trying to help you get the best out there for your price Hauppauge is the way to go comes with all the wires no lag time between source and pc ....Running old usb 2.0 and only 30fps only MP4 files (not a problem us you use sony vegas)raw files are HUGE and records all the time (so hope u have a big hhd)Recommend for Newer PC as its a system hog

almost every one that streams in HD and PLAYS in HD uses Hauppauge or black magic or higher end PVR's